The plastered walls

The walls are so smooth it's like they have been clay barred!

The plasterer starts

The plastering has started and boy is he messy!

New room

The room is now ready for the plasterer. Hopefully it will be finished in a couple of weeks.

Insulating the new room

Stuart and I did a good job putting the extra insulation into the newly converted garage. Thanks Stuart. The gap was well filled.

Technology.....

Just had a bad day's training at Holgate CLC. Technical problems have met that we were waiting around all day for them to tell us whether we were using laptops, moving rooms, or just giving up. All the guys there have tried really hard to help me, but alas I have some POORS on my course evaluations!! Not good! It was a shame that the course attendees weren't more IT friendly then it would not have been such a big deal to them.

I am using the same venue next week for some 2Simple training, fingers crossed for that one.

Oh well, footie on telly tonight :-)

The First Kick

Saturday night watching 'Any Dream Will Do' was really special, and an event I shall never forget. It wasn't the programme that was any good, it was the first kicks, felt by the outside world of the young Master Rees. Yes I definitely felt him moving and exercising in there. It felt almost unreal, strange but so wonderful at the same time. I am not sure whether it was the music that stimulated him or the vast amount of chocolate his mother was consuming!! It doesn't really matter, it was just very special that he wanted to join us. Sharing the moment with Tracy made me feel very close to her and the little one. I just hope that his musical taste improvements, Andrew Lloyd Webber please!!! (Tracy has just called me into the bedroom.....little one is kicking again, 3 big ones so far in the last 10 mins as she is trying to get to sleep.....I have just been feeling the movement and kicks for myself, again very strange but very, very special) Hopefully we will both get a good night's sleep tonight - I know that Tracy needs one!!

Neptuno hotel

The room for the week

"Bubbles" Stone

Pat made quite an entrance at Jeff's leaving do!

20 week scan

Yesterday was the 20 week scan, another very memorable day. Tracy and I watched in amazement again as the nurse showed us the little one inside her. After a quick re-introduction the nurse sent time checking the baby over before asking us 'the question'. Yes we did want to know.....'your baby is a boy'. The nurse very enthusiastically showed us the poor boy's todger (from the underside) as proof! Smiles all round!! Thomas whispers Tracy (with BIG smile!!).

All the checks showed that the baby was growing and forming correctly, which is fantastic news. We now have to wait another 20 weeks (or so) until we will meet again. Thomas did manage a little wave though before we went. Can't wait to see him again!